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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down1·6 hours agoHow would this family getting in a shootout with the cops have helped them?
minus-squareTyfud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-257 minutes agoThe 2nd amendment was designed for a different time. As you say, guns won’t protect anyone from the governments tyranny anymore. War has escalated the instruments it uses over the last 300 years. Guns are not a solution, and never were.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·55 minutes agoIt certainly was. https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/1002107670/historian-uncovers-the-racist-roots-of-the-2nd-amendment
How would this family getting in a shootout with the cops have helped them?
The 2nd amendment was designed for a different time. As you say, guns won’t protect anyone from the governments tyranny anymore. War has escalated the instruments it uses over the last 300 years.
Guns are not a solution, and never were.
It certainly was.
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/1002107670/historian-uncovers-the-racist-roots-of-the-2nd-amendment